The Sun. — London, England, 1810-03-08 00:00:00

IMPERIAL 'PARLIAMENT. HOUSE. OF COMMO.VS. WEDNESDAY, mAitdx 7. 'Mr. CREEvEV,,in the absence of Sir - F. ,Butdett, pos:po;lea the motion respetling:Alr. Gale Jones (which stood for Thursday) till._,Monday. On the motion of Mr. Loiio . ;General Don and CoMnel Wilkins - were-Ordefed to attend the Com mittee on she Expedition to the taiodt. . On the motion of Mr. BYNG, a Corrirnittee Was . appointed , fs take into consideration the:expediency of giving notice of any intended application to Par li:anent respeBing the employment and majntenance of the. Poor.of any. parish or distria: To which the :Standing , Order. relating • to 'the lighting, cleaning, of,parisires was•ordered to be referred. • ~The House went, into a Cominittee on port ,of the Expiring Laws. Bill,Avhicb Was ordered : toll, 'received to-morrow. • . - - • Mr. WHARTON. brought up the 'Report of the King's Proctor, relating .to Prizes taken by the Navy ; 'as also E4tiniates of the Expences likely to, be incurred in the. building of a new, 'Mint,., and of repairing Henry the Seventh's Chapel.--Ordered, to lie on the table. The lrish. POst Roads Bill went through a Com mittee, the -Report of which - was ordered to be re-' ceived to- morrow. -Sir C. POLE gave notice, that" he should move tO -morrow_se'nnight for -certain documents relating, to the Servitude-and Education-of the Sons of Admiral Montague,. and other Naial Officers; who he un derstood were educated, at the NaVal - Acaderny. SIR, RICHARD' STRACI4AN's 'NARRATIVE._ - Caoßaa rose - to call the attention 'of_ the House to a point of order, An : Hon,„Officer,,w hoin fie did not then see in his place (Sir Home Popham) had applied to him the preceding day, to know , if be had any objeetion to a motion for the ,prodti6tion Of certain papers . frorn : the Admiralty, among others, Sir Richard Strachan's Narrative. In reply, he told the Hon Officer iliat.,;he had one very decisive ob jeCtion to the. notion,; which, was, that "some of - the papers were not in the Admiraltk; and therefore he advised the lion. Officer to giVe.h•fnotioe Of his rno , fion. It happened,, however, that the .Hon. Offi cer, *by-some inadvertency , he 4,Upposed, -made the motiotufor the papers yeiterday evening; the :conL. sequence .of which was, that there was an order for the produaion of papers, some of which were - not in the . AdMiralty at the time the order bor6 date, for some of them bad not been delivered to the Admiralty till thfee o'clock on that day: Flethought)t right to call the 'attention - of the House to this point of fotn3, - .ancl to state the difficulty which .he felt- in complying with this order. It appeared to him that the most proper course to adopt would dye to rescind the first 'nation, :and then to .Move in the regular way for the papers.. He concluded with making a motion to that effe6t, which vas agreed to. •- • CittokEit Then- moved for the Papers, and af terwards presented them. • Mr. W. POLE" brought up certain Papers respedt 7 ing ArdglaSs Harbour.—;;Ordered to lie on the-table. Mr. W. POLE brought in a Bill for amending an dl of the 40th of his present Majesty, relative to ,ttie Fouudling Hospital of Dublin, which was read a fit st; and ordered' to be reed a second , time • to- LusxmoToN brought in a Bill relating to the Distideries of Ireland, which was read a first, and oinercd to be read a second time to-morrow. , Mr..LLISHINGTON brought up; the'Report of the Mw ny Bill, which was re-committed; alter which, the Report was receited.- 7 ,Ordervd to be e;igiossed, and reacts third time to-morrow. • Mr. GILES mot•ed (Or d Retrirn of the Number of Men who hid volunteered from the Militia into the Begulars,ind other Military Documents.—Or dered. _ WArtnLE gave notice, that he would to-mor row wove for the Reports of the Board of General Officer.; who recommended - the afrpointtnent of the nt:w Medical Board of the- Army. • • - • , The Sugar Bounty Bill went. ti - w9u i gh a Commit tee,,the-Report of which was order ad's he received tovirtorrcrw.' . A tj ourn td. j f~~~ iIAiLS.. - Ault xv Waterford.- Dug Gott - enburgh, r Dublin, 2 Waterford. PRICE OF 'STOCKS THIS n'A Y AT TWILVE - Consols 1 SOLE:`,I Q - JIS DICiRi IF AI. S A T ? LONDON, TIIVRSDAY, MARCH 8, 1810. Disßatches - were•this morning received frcitu Lord COLLINGWOOD : they are dated off Minorca on the 13th 111 t. 'At that time the French fleet was in Tou lon, so that. it appears that whatever their objeft might be in attempting . to 'come out„ that.obje4 has peen frustrated by the vigilance of Lord COLLING- WOOD. Government have also received accounts from Cadiz, of the date of the 23d ult. No .event of any ilavortance had at that- time occurred, and every thing was considered as going on well. • In consequence of the determination of the House of Commons upon Lord. CHATHAM'S conda6t, his Lordship felt hitnself bound to refag4his . office of Master-General of the Ordnance.' : - HIS resignation t,.ok place this morning. It is not known who will ,succeed I)is Lordship, but •Lord HARRINGTON is HICIIIIOIIed, and we think. wit h great probability. Last night we receive,' Paris and Thrall Papers, the former to the 2/3th nit. and the latter to the 4th insta.A. 1 heir contents are important. The ques tion vc hick has so long. agitated t..e tniLd, pen to be made-X.ings - , Pr inces,:&c. they are told, that the first duty of a French Prince, "'elated to the Im perial Throne, is to that Throne, When in opposi tion ,to that, all others must give way." This candid avowal of what 13U60,NA r.t RTE expects from French `Princes must operate as a strong inducement to the Spaniards to secure their liidependen' ce by sub- • mitring to the yoke. of King JOSEPH- The French GoVerninent seems) disposed ,to' make some alteration in' their policy tOwa'r s cls AMerica,, or at lost to assume.a.milder•tone ; .a propoiticin has been made to the : Atrietican Minister, Mr. Atm- WRONG, to negOciate a COmmereial Treaty between France and America. - • . • Yesterday, sopn.after two o'cloek; his MAJESTY held a. Private Levee, at the Queen's . Palace, which was , attetided by• , The Lpril Chanccllor,,the Lord Pres.ident of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of, : ine Treasury, • and Chancellor of the E xclierpicr, the Master, General of the Ord nance, the three Secretari,s of State, the President of the Hoard of Controu), the 'Commander in Chief, the judge Atf vocate ; Earls Harrow by, Winchelsci, Macclesfield, and 'Paulett (in waiting) ; Lords Heathfiqd sal... tow), and Vernon ; Arltniral Sir S. Sintth; Generals, Dilkies,' T. Anson, Cliffe, Thewles; Maitland, .andlir S. Cotten ; Colonels pootle.and Grant; Capt. Walpolc• and Messrs. Yorke, Fawkener and Harbord, The following 'had the.honour of being presented to his MAJRSTY Mr. Yorke, upoi his being appointeda Telftt= of the Ex chequer. - Major-General Sir Stapleton - Cotton, on his retutn from Pottual, and on coming to his title. . Major-General Frederick Maitland, on his promotion to be •Colonel of the ist Ceyion kegiinent. Major-General Thomas, on his promotion as Colonel of the . 3(l Ceylon Regiment: • • . Mr. Edward Harboard, on his marriage, by Lord Vernon. Brigadier-Gerteral Anson, on his promotion, and on his re turn troth Portugalt , • - Captain Walpole, R.N. by Mr. Ryder, Major-General . Cliffe, on his promotion. Master Murray, upon his being appointed a Page of Ho. roue to his Majcstp. • • • • • Mr.'Wilbraham Bootle, on • being appointed Lieutenant- Col , atel of The LeylaadandOrmskirk Local Militia. • • Major.Gineral Thewles, qti his promotion. Colonels Grant, on being appointed his Majesty's Lieute nant of the Co'unty of Inverness. Brigadier-General Dilkes, of the Brigade of Guards, under orders for L.:attic. Lord Saltoun, by the Earl of Liverpool. , . His MAJESTY held a. Privy Council, and gave audiences to the LORD CHANCELLOR, Marquis WELLESLEY, Earls CAMDEN, CHATHAM, and• LI VERPOOL Messrs. PERCEVAL, RYDER, and M. SUT TON, who laid before his MAJESTY tile proceedings of some Coons Martial. • . Yesterday the Prince of \V ,Es visited their MA JESTIES arid the PRINCSSES. . • Yesterday morning Princesses AUGUSTA, ELIZA BETH, and SOPHIA, visited Miss GOLDSWORTHY, at" her-house in Hill -street, Berke i .ey4craafe, in conse quence of Miss G. being indisposed: Yesterday, at half past three o'clock, her MA JESTY, Princesses ELIZAB ETH, AUGUSTA and SO PHIA, dined with the 'Duni - fess of Baoisiswlcx, at - her ItOuse.in Spring Gardens. 'Her MAJESTY WBS received by the Princess of WALES, and condti4ed to the presence of her-Royal Mother. The Duke of BRUNSWICK and his two sons were of the,party. An immense number of persons were 'attracted at the door in conse quence . . Generol BROWNRIG.G being confined by the, gout, the'Committee of Inquiry is adjourned to Monday . next. The persons examined on Tbesday night were Mr. HUSKISSON,. Colonels S ONTAo • an d MO SHEIM, Capt. JONE S , Mr. KEATS, and Dv.- WEBB. A. - Council of the Cahifiet Minilters- was yester day held at the Foreign Office in Doi.vning,street, at which the Earl of Ciwurizviatiended. , . . The new 4ye-law at the Royal Academy, for pre cluding all aninnadVersion, by the Professors of the Institution On the works of li v ing Artists, has received the approbation of the (resident andC6uncil, and only waits for the sand;ort:Of. fits MAJESTY.. ;This law certainly tends to prevent all, pilvate animosities, but its opponents Contend that it-. will retard Ile progress of taste, by checking the discussion of enlightened criticisms, which might otherwise fa cilitate the estdbilshrnent of, true principles in - the respeCtivebrancikes.of art. • ,It -has Deen- obiierved,. abo, that : though,this new bye-law will - prevent ill wilt, by prohibiting conirnents upon the defeos of living artists, it will deprive them of that tribute which might otherwise be paid to Weir meritS. • Duke ot. BEDFORD is confined at Woburn by severe indjspitioti. respecting BU :t future wife, is at length 1 Yesterday being Ash-Wednescla•y, The Bishop of settled, in a way that we are sure \Must give paint LONDON preached at the Chapel Royal, for the fir s t' - : time since his appointment to 'that See. There tq every feeling mind :. He has fixed upon the Arch-, ;• ;errs among the congregation the Bishop of. CAR ..• - - . . Duchess MARIA TH RESA of Austria, and BgRTHIE4 LISLE . , Lords NAPIER and WOODEOUSE. The An , has been• sent to Vienna to conduct her to Paris.---; them was, " Put tne not to rebuke," by Dr. GREEN, , and was correaly sung by Messrs . Goss, J . Sa wn, By .‘this extra s ctrdinary marriage BLITSNAPARTE [ie..; BEALE' 04. 2 'C• comes ,related to the BOURBON Family. These On ' Friday last an unknoWn Gentleman called Papers also bring us an account of BUONAPARTE's final at _ the Midd lesex Hospital, and l e f t _with the Secre faiy 1,320 E on the express condition that his . name, deterMinatiou with respect to Fl . oll,:ndor-. 'mu's- is i if ever discovered, should not be made public, no longer King of Holland, and he has been remov-. I The expeetation of hearing CATA4ANI last night , • ed from the. Throne in a manner most insulting to i in the Oratorio, at Covent-Garden. Theatre, drew a his feelings,•and.to those of the People of Holland.- vast concourse of people to that place. They were, , _ 'however, disappointed, as the Loan C HAMBERLAIN The Fre Ilt 13 Minister for Foreign. Affairs ac- had sent an order to forbid any performance, it being nuaints the Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs, that Ash-Wednesday: A great numbef of coaches hay- BONAPARTE had thought, proper tc recall Louts, ing d their visitors, veomany and tors, dro lf, and le ft and the reason e assigns for this measure is most shivering in 'the cold, in dresses ill suited (or walking • in the public streets. The Manage ' rs, - we find, did . . singular -:l made his brother King of Hol- all in their' pOwer to prevent the disappointment; land, he recalls him, because lie was desirous cf but were not aware of the intended prohibition till proinoting the • co/in - net - dial Interests of the People - ' too lath to inform the public at large. __ A new Opera is , forthcoming at the Lyceum , he- was - sent - to . govern. He was; it is said, "di- which, according to report, is likely to prove a very vided between his imprescriptible duties," viz. his ' magnificent and interesting produCtion. The name - duty to his subjects, and his duty, to his brother- ; ° f the Author has not y et been announced; but the - . - ' Piece is said to possess great dramatic mert. The he pieferred the former, and therefore helms been music is mentioned in high terms of commendation:. recalled with - as little ceremony as if be had been it comes from BISHOP, a Composer of aeknow the Prefect of a small Department.' 'Ho lland s ledged excellence. The principal-chara&ers are as- - ' annexed to Frasigned to PHILIPPS, Mrs. BLAND, Mrs. BISHOP, and nce for as the , French Minister con- ' Mrs. MOUNTAIN. There was a full rehearsal of this tempsuously observes, " Holland -- may make a _ Drama yesterday, and it went off, it seems, with' rid), useful, and respectable Company, but not a great eclat. Mrs. SIDDONS it is said, is going very soon to per- Nation." This singular document a l so c o nta i n s a from a few nights at Edinburgh, to support the in kind of Code, for the government of the conduct of terests of a Theatre in which her son has so great a the 111birlbeis of BUON APARTE'S fiiiily, who may hap- stake. ~ The account which has appeared in several pub lic prints respecting the melancholy fate of-Lieut. DARBY, of the impetumr, we are assured, is erro neous in many particulars. The unfortunate Gen tleman wag 'rendered insane by confinement and illness in a Fretichprison disappointments'at home produced.a relapse of his mental disease; and drove him, in a frantic moment, to the commission of suicide. His. friends . are now endeavouring to pro:, cure a reversal of the Coroner's verdici, and a 're burial of his remains. A shocking catastrophe' occurred yesterday after noon, a short distance from -Rathbone-plaee, in "Ox.!; ford-street.. Two very decent - countrymen, rather inebriated,were walking together, when one of them having jocularly attempted to take- an umbrella from his companion; they both, fell,- and the wheels of a hackney coach, which was passing briskly at the time, went over the neck of one of them, and killed him on the 'spot.. The name of the. deceased was. Maberly. He was a farmer at Littleton, near Wind or. On Wednesclaytifie j otb ilt, a white-tailed eagle, of great strength and beautiful Plumage, was shot' by Sir Pvitss.lVloNTyk, Bart: on his', rabbit-;warren, near Talacree, in , the.etinty of 'Flint.. The and talons ate remarkably large and strong, and rea-‘ thered all down to the claws. It has a large Nvl ite. spot on the tail, whence- it derivEs its denotnitiition.' YesteAliy morning m Samuel IPaiker, otherwis e wasLeeson, a's e,xeckited, in pursuance of his sentence, opposite the- Debtors' Door, Ncri.vgate.• It may be _recolleeted by our Readers that this, unfortunate -luau was,tried in the Jantiary Sessions, a t th t . Old Bailey, under the Statute commonly call ed. Lord Ellenhorongh's AGt, forwdfully, Malicious and tinlafully presenting,a loaded pistol at Thoteas Poswell; - and drawing the trigger thereof, with intent to kill and murder the .said The i , roSecutor was a poor gardener, residing in 'a small' cottage, on Enfield Chace ; and Walker, Who it app , Ars was a deserter from a marching re giment, came . ..to the cottage under pretence of buy ' ing potatoes, and while partaking of some sprats, which the wife of the prosecutor had just dressed for glipper; he "drew a pistol from his breast, pre sented it at the prosecutor, and detnanded his jno ney. Btu the-prosecutor and. his NvilS, -with - equal resolution and presence of mind, sprung upon him and seized hiM : the prisoner immediately snapped the,pistol, which provide,ntally 'missed fire. The prisoner being a strong, active, young fellow, en deavoured •to rescue himself from theiiikgrasp, but in Vain; when 'be drew another pistol, and snapped. that, but it also missed L: e A ,long contest then took place, in which he knocked down 'both -; he• prosecutor and his ivite alternately several. times; but each resolute in their inteiftibn - sould . not quit their hold, and at length, by a fortunate blow, given by the wife.on the prisoner's head, they . got him down and instantly tell on him and secured him, - tying his hands and legs in. such a manner as to prevent his stirring; 'and in Oat situation they watched him till morning, when a Police Officer was procured; and• he was taken into custody: On examining the pistols-they were both -- foUnd to be loaded with balls: Upon' these facts leing clearly proved, he was canitally convided, and ,received sen-. tense accordingly. • , . • From the time of the unfortunate wretch's con- . demnation down to the lasituoment of his existence, • he7eViticed the most hardened and profligate' dis position, treating -the, Rev. Mr. Ford, .the Or-,: .dinary o N.ewgate; who.:endeavouied to make him sensible of his awful situation, with the greatest disreSpea, and ..shewing the utmost. 'contempt for every exertion that was.,made• to convince him of those Teligions duties it becaMe him to perform ere he rushedintbeternity. A few :Minutes previous ' to his death, he ,seemed wholly , unconcelned,' laughing and conversing with those, around him_ with peifed..indifference.. With the 'same callous- did he ascend the scaffold, 'smiled at the surrounding spectators, to whom he bowed, and . shewed other symptoms of :insensibility, at the ap proach of the last - awful moment, almost unprece= dented: . During this melancholy scene, Mr, FORD was using every possible argument to bring the unfor tunate Man to 'a proper sense of his impious con duct, but idvain; till within a few seconds of the. last dreadful moment, when, as he was about' to be turned off, Ida. few itnpassionefl words, he ex= pressed his conviction of his. 'Wickedness, acknaw ledgsd the• justice of his sentence, ejaculated a fer vent prayer to the throne of his Creator for metOy, .and was launched into eterhity NAVAL NEW PLYMOUTH, MAR CH 6.--Arrived the brig /frirs PYR,E, from Seville, laden with fruit, bound to Lon don.;_..the ship Chace, FORD, from 'Oporto, laden - Wfthii - ine and cork, bound to LOndon, was cap tured ,by a French - privateer, and recapiure6 by his Majesty's ship Jalouse, Capt. MORRIS; the Pappen burgh galliot De Vrow Emmechena, J. W. Di JONGE,. from Guernsey, in ballast, bound to this .port ; the. Spanish brig Todos los Santos, M. DeiAskro,.aas ter, from Cadiz, laden with wine and salt; bound to London ; also arrived, and sailed again on a cruire; the Cormorant Revenuecutter. Sailed the Hon. East India Company's ship For cia,, _and the Spanish :brig Todos kis Santos, for the .River; the Elizabeth, W ATERMAN ,' and 'Mal's, Etn.d4.ans, for Newfoundland ; and the Alarm. Revenue lugger, to the Eastward; also sailed the, .Dobridge, for Liverpool. 'I - Arrived his Majesty's ketch. : Gleaner, Lieutenant, GREEN, with dispatches from-' Minorca 5 which place she left the 14th FebrUary,,S myrna the 28th Janualy, Gibraltar !ie 22d February, and Cadiz the 24th February; left LOTd:COLLINGWOOb, with the fleet under his command,. atMinorca, .anxiously waiting Or the French fleet to leave Toulon. We are extremely sorry to state that his Lordship is in a bad state of health, ..When the. Gleaner left' Ca diz, every th i ng was tranquil, and the-British : troopt , that were arrived were encamped about a mile from the town, and .a bombardment from the French was not likely tu take place. A barge laden' with malt, from Salcornbe for this part,lw'as' wrecked last night in Bigbury Bay, about six milts to the eastward of this port; it is expeeted her cargo will be saved. , Arrived his Majesty's ship Orestes from a cruize ; and the Sophia, ,Ti Lr.., from Guernsey. His Majesty's ketch Gleaner has detained the Bremen ship America, from Lisbon, which is not yet arrived. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 7.—Came in his Majesty's ,ships ,Gannet and Tyrian from a cruize. Arrived last evening the - Astell, HAY, and Eu phrates, HERBERT, for Indira ; also his Majesty's ship - Ant from Guernsey. Arrivd the Borough, PATTERSON, from New castle; Henry, KNIGHT, and Ward, ROBINSON, from Sunderland ; alio the Dove, BADCOCK, Hope, GER MAN, IfitliaM, SPICER, Zephyr, DUNNETT, Proili dence, SMITH, Linie Trader, WYATT, and Provi dence, KITTIER, from London. Sailed this day his Majesty's ship Scipion, of 74 guns, to the Eastward; and Jason, G o o LAND, for • Sunderland. Arrived : the JuIia,,STARLING, and lames, Gar L VES, froth the Downs, for Oporto. FALMOUTH,' MARCH s. —Arrived his Majesty's ship Espiegle, 18 guns, instructions to Lilo outward bound convoy for the. West Indies. Sailed this day the following packets, viz. * Townshend, WESTERN, with Mails for Gibraltar, Malta, and Lisbon; Princess Charlotte, KERR, with ditto, for Sicily; Duke •of Kent, COT ESWPRTLI, With ditto, for Jamaica; Chichester, ROGERS, with ditto, for Cadiz. His Maj esty's brig Encounter, 18 guns, for Ply mouth; the Duke of Montrose packet for America, and the packet with the Mails for the Brazils, are detained till further'Orders; the Success, PORRORSR , for Martinique; the General Planter, FREUrIAN, for 3atnaica ; and the Introshed, bAvuts, , for Ma- . . • • Arrived the ship volunteer, FORRESTER, from COWES ; MARCH 7.—Just arrived here a Sppnish ship named (he - Exportatio . n, from Cadiz, out t 6 dvs, with a cargo of sugar, coffee, indigo, and co chineal, bound for London. Cadiz was pretty se cure when this, ship sailed, but the French were ereeting tiatteiies against it, and it was feared it would not be able to make a long resistance. SHEERNESS, MARCH 6.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Grampus with; a convoy to Portsmouth. MARCH 7.—Arrive_ci his Majesty's brig Ifirang -DEAL, MA ECU 7.—Arrived the Royalist sloop of war a 0 Bloodhound gun-brig from a cruize. laiirA*lousc.—Yesterday a Court of Direelors when the tindep:mentioned Commanders Wokl*tiie of the Court, previous to departing_ for • theii"Wilieetive destinations; viz. the Cantol, for Ohrni diret ; Sovereign-, Diana, and Ann, lox Ma:- . .dray and Bengal. The Court adjourned at Seven o'clock till to-morrow. The service for which the Guards are destined Ave undetestancl,.of the nature of,a coup-de:mai/. SIDNEY 'SMITH, who is, unquestionably, the bvt-- qualified OttiCei• in the service for such an enterprise, will command the natal part.. The second division of the Guards, intended .fOr foreign ; serviCe, marched yesterday morning froth Pc?r!lpfigotreet barracksfor Portsniouth. - The third and b l icdiyjsion march this morning from the parit& in the Bird-cage-walk, St. James's Park. - .~ . j.; i